Britney says don't download

[sbp]

A good article: http://www.economist.com/displayStory.c ... ID=1324731

This industry is changing. They don't like that and want to keep the big money flowing in. Sorry chumps, music is going to be distributed online whether its liked or not by you. They need to be told: the future is now. Embrace it, don't fear it. Another thing the clueless dolts can't seem to figure out are people sampling the music, then buying cd's when they like whats heard. Heavens forbid that happen.

Originally posted by wvjohn
hmm..thought this was about downloading pictures of her


actually,

we all know cds cost $0.01 to buy, and about $0.10 to copy and the artist gets $0.25

sell them for $2.00 at Rite Aid, Walmart, and Food Lion and the problem goes away.

BTW I don't use those download programs, and I did buy a CD some time last year I think (Hendrix-Electric Ladlyland)

Along the same lines: One Buck Forty or Die

"Im not a girl, not yet a woman" but definitely a slut.

[marscheese]

that article about sums it up for me. I've spent a couple days finding (in a decsent bitrate), downloading, and renaming the Royal Tenenbaums soundtrack. Now, if we went by that article (hell bump CD's up to $4.00 or $4.50, I probably would have bought it, I like the music, and it's just a hastle to download what I want all the time. would I spend less that $5.00 to avoid the hastle? sure I would. THe problem comes when I only like one or two songs from an artist, and I don't want to spend $16-$20 for a couple songs (if I'm lucky 5 or 6 good songs), it's just not worth it.